This is one of my Design for America students, Mert Hilmi Iseri, and his solution for getting kids to clean up their rooms. Forget kids!  I WANT TO DO THIS!!!

Over Thanksgiving, we had to quarantine ourselves because we all came down with the respiratory virus from hell.  Grace recovered faster than her miserable parents, so we were desperate to keep her entertained while we tried to catch up. Enter:  the...

From the junk drawer this morning.  Found while I was looking for a pen.  It was left in the house.  From Kane County Sheriff's department.  Heavy brass.  Looks like some kind of seal in the center.  Anyone want to write a short story about how it...

A lot has been transpiring around here at the ol' HouseinProgress.  Some house-related events, some not and we'll be sharing some crazy news soon.  I set up this new blog to keep from boring the housebloggers with my tales of everything non-house, and...

Someone didn't want to wait until Spring. Used with parental supervision only, because the swing detaches with carabiner clips. Either we will become the awesomest parents ever or this will turn into a spectacularly bad idea. I'm hoping for...